The Terminator

A cyborg (part man, part machine) is sent from the 21st century to present-day Los Angeles to assassinate a seemingly innocent women whose child will play an important part in the world from which the killer came.

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I hoped this would be the definitive release. It's not. Terrible DNR throughout. Some scenes look quite good, most look like a smeary mess. This was the 4K master produced for the 3D release, how do I know that? Well, Lionsgate was too lazy to edit off the information about the 3D release in the beginning and end. Furthermore this is theatrical cut ONLY and DOES NOT have 3 versions of the film in 4K, lazy. There was a great 6.1 mix done for this title EIGHTEEN years ago, not found here. Insult to injury, the German track is 7.1 and sounds better. LAZY LAZY LAZY mess. Do not buy.

The movie is awesome but the 4K version leaves a lot to be desired... Where do I start? First off, the 4K version is ONLY the theatrical cut and DOES NOT have 3 versions of the film. Second, The transfer is garbage.. absolute garbage! DNR makes Arnold look waxy and gives the motion a “smeary” quality where it’s used. There is NO EXCUSE for this with 4K and this is by far the worst looking 4K transfer. There are moments where this does shine but the DNR usage totally takes you out of the movie. The second Blu-Ray release (the one that came out after the Skynet edition) is better over all because it was remastered without DNR. If it’s true that James Cameron approved the 4K remastering, he’s clearly lost his mind!

Safe to say that I am extremely disappointed if not outright angry at this release. T2 is one of my favorite movies and I was very excited about the 4k release. After being delayed many months I finally have my copy only to find that only the Theatrical release is available in 4k. None of the special editions are available in 4k which is mind boggling. To add insult to injury, the 4k transfer does not look good at all. Way too much DNR.

I would highly recommend that you avoid this version until they come out with a proper release.

You DO NOT have all 3 versions on the 4K disc. JUST the theatrical. Now, this has THE best, in my opinion of older contemporary movies so far (and I'm looking at you Batman Begins. Shame on you!) 4K transfer so far. It looks amazing! Except....James Cameron had a bad habit of doing this with Aliens and The Abyss AND this movie,,,releasing an "extended" version of his movie that made you go "Ahhhhh. That's why!". If you are given more information about something and said that to yourself during the movie that SHOULD have been released as the "original" version, then that means the original is technically a fail. So a 4K transfer of the 154min version of this movie that should be on a list of all-time classics for numerous reasons? Sign me up yet again to shell out money to these buttheads for ANOTHER copy of this movie to put on my shelf next to the other 2 1/2 dozen copies. BUT IT ISN'T!! IT's just the 137min version!!! If you own one of the last 3 versions/iterations of this movie on Blu Ray, you just purchased it again! Ha Ha suckers!!! I give it 2 stars for the impeccable 4K transfer. It really does look gorgeous. But it is quite literally a steaming high pile of triceratops dung to advertise 3 versions of movie on a box that has 4K ULTRA HD running right along the top of it. They knew EXACTLY what they were doing, and in 9 months when the pressure gets too great they'll re-release this again the proper way that we were all assuming this one was!!!!! Ugh........

Man, I have to say that I cannot get enough of this movie! It is THAT good, no questions asked. Sure, there are a number of people who would crap on it out of their distaste for special effects, but come on! There is only so much you can accomplish with real live action anyways, so get over it!

Honestly, the way that Arnold was able to maintain a consistent level of indifference with regards to the surrounding action was very convincing that the character he was portraying was a machine that lacked fear, emotion or pain. Probably some of my favorite scenes included the one at the beginning when the terminator clobbered the three punks for their clothes, the shootout at the police station, and the climactic chase scene from the motel to the factory. However, I always skip over the sex scence between Sarah and Kyle. I have always had a distaste for those kind scenes, but that's just me.

Overall, this movie is one of the best science fiction/action masterpieces ever made, even for its time. Now, here I am reviewing it roughly 30 years after it was made. None of the horrible excuses for movies being made today can ever match up to the pure excellence of THE TERMINATOR!

If you're young and never seen this before, you may be underwhelmed. And that's too bad because this is one of the best scifi action flicks of the last 50 years. I saw this movie in the theater on my 13th birthday and it scared the carp outta me!! The Terminator at the end gave me nightmares for weeks (when you're 13 and impressionable, that sucker looked REAL!! Not so much today lol). But I loved it! I must have seen this movie 50 times since then, know all the words, etc. This is the best version I've seen yet, very clear and the sound very good as well. Yes, it's a little dated, but this was 1984. Take yourself back to that time and era, before selfies and smartphones and this movie is fun. Also the movie that made James Cameron a star director and go on to direct his next flick, Aliens (another great movie btw). If you're middle aged and grew up on 80's action movies like this, for under $10, it's definitely worth adding to your collection. Especially since this is the prequel to the mega-hit "T2" and with the new remake coming out summer 2015. Get it and enjoy!